MARKET 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Michel De Montaigne, Theodor De Bry, Hans Staden
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8th and 9th centuiers: vikings and pirates explore large parts of europe, possible through the large river system. Example from british history: maldon essex, england 991. Viking pirates reached the coast of maldon with the intention to raid maldon. Maldon is parted in the mainland in an. Island which were separated from time to time by the sea. The vikings landed on the island and tried to swim through the small channel to reach the mainland. We know bout the incendetes because of the anglo-saxen chronicle, a history work which sumps up all the important events of one year, like a battle or a storm. Added to that a few years later someone released a roman about this incident. Erik the red (950-c. 1003) left his scandinavien home to settle in iceland and later. Leif erikson, his son, reached large parts of northern america. The saga of erik the red 1450 a. d.
